diff --git a/include/osdetection b/include/osdetection
index b4f94fd6..1358fa98 100644
--- a/include/osdetection
+++ b/include/osdetection
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@
 
     case ${OS} in
            "AIX")                           ECHOCMD="echo" ;;
+           "DragonFly")                     ECHOCMD="echo -e"; ECHONB="echo -n" ;;
            "MacOS")                         ECHOCMD="echo" ;;
            "Solaris")                       ECHOCMD="echo" ;;
            "Linux")